True Kings of Norway

True Kings of Norway is a compilation of earlier EPs of the Norwegian black metal band Emperor, Immortal, Dimmu Borgir, Ancient and Arcturus. She appeared in 2000 Spikefarm Records.

Creation and publication

The original EPs (As the Shadows Rise of Emperor, Immortal of Immortal, Inn i evighetens mørke of Dimmu Borgir, Det Glemte Riket of Ancient and My Angel by Arcturus ) published between 1991 and 1994, during the second wave of Black Metal so-called. They were early releases of the bands that should be for the genre partly stylistic influence, and were in the late 1990s as a sought-after rarities. Spikefarm Records assembled the EPs in 2000 on a CD, in their booklet cover, information about occupations and a kind of family tree of Norwegian black metal bands were printed.

Title list

Reception

Immortals bassist Iscariah (who was not involved in the re-released recordings here ) called the editor of the CD as " some asshole " and True Kings of Norway as a bootleg, which had destroyed the whole idea behind the single; " Anyone out there " most of the work of the band and had " not even the decency to inform us or send us a CD. That's just disrespectful towards us. "

Wolf -Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard designated the re-release of this out of print, "important components of Nordic Black Metal Art" as meaningful and rewarding as the acquisition. The author of a review in metal.de, which is listed as a former member of the editorial board and not be named, expressed ambivalent sense for this publication:

"Whether they are the true king [ sic] of Norway, was once an open question. At least in the Black Metal band all represented on this collection have a unique position and have the style significantly influenced or even with justified. [ ... ] For many, this collection may be a bit archaic, even seem obsolete, but for nostalgic likely, True Kings Of Norway ' evoke some memory when Black Metal was no sale tag still and the bands still looked authentic. "